Lost Lad

Lost Lad is a hill, 518 metres (1,699 ft) high on the Derwent Edge in the Peak District in the county of Derbyshire in England.

[1] Lost Lad is a bare, conical moorland summit and subpeak of the nearby Back Tor which rises about 600 metres to the southeast.

[1] The top of Lost Lad is marked by a cairn and toposcope and there are good views over the surrounding northern Peak District.

According to the legend the boy became lost on the moors in a blizzard and died.

His body was found the following spring by a passing shepherd and nearby were the words "Lost Lad" written on a rock.

The top of Lost Lad